Cleomedes (moon crater)

Cleomedes
Cleomedes and Surroundings ( LROC -WAC)
position	27.46 °  N , 55.51 °  O coordinates: 27 ° 27 '36 "  N , 55 ° 30' 36"  O
diameter	131 km
depth	3860 m
Card sheet	44 (PDF)
Named after	Cleomedes
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Cleomedes is a large impact crater on the northeastern front of the moon on the northern edge of the Mare Crisium , south of the Burckhardt crater . The inside of the crater is relatively flat, except for several secondary craters, a central mountain and a ridge running in a northeastern direction , the Rima Cleomedes . The crater wall is terraced.

List of Cleomedes minor craters

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	28.87 °  N , 55.07 °  O	12 km	[1]
B.	27.13 °  N , 55.88 °  E	11 km	[2]
C.	25.6 °  N , 54.78 °  E	14 km	[3]
D.	29.17 °  N , 61.85 °  O	29 km	[4]
E.	28.59 °  N , 54.58 °  O	21 km	[5]
F.	22.55 °  N , 56.98 °  E	12 km	[6]
G	23.96 °  N , 57.12 °  E	19 km	[7]
H	22.41 °  N , 57.61 °  E	7 km	[8th]
J	26.86 °  N , 56.95 °  O	10 km	[9]
L.	23.74 °  N , 54.35 °  E	7 km	[10]
M.	24.15 °  N , 51.64 °  E	6 km	[11]
N	24.7 °  N , 52.53 °  E	6 km	[12]
P	24.64 °  N , 56.15 °  O	9 km	[13]
Q	24.77 °  N , 56.64 °  E	4 km	[14]
R.	29.44 °  N , 60.16 °  E	15 km	[15]
S.	29.46 °  N , 58.96 °  O	8 kilometers	[16]
T	25.7 °  N , 57.58 °  E	12 km	[17]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Greek astronomer Cleomedes .

Web links

• Cleomedes in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Cleomedes on The-Moon Wiki
• Spektrum.de : Amateur recordings [18]

Individual evidence

1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .